MicroTown
Worth it · Strategy · 2019 · Early Access
The verdict
BUY IT.
Worth it at $9.99.
- Length
- 4h 6.3h to 100%
- Value
- $2.50/hr
- Reviews
- 95% of 477 positive
Watch this gameOne alert at a price you pick.
Buy now or wait
Next discount: likely in the Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4. Calls like this were right 83% of the time in a backtest over 70 weeks.
Discounted in each of its last 8 seasonal sales. Last cut ended 11 days ago.
- Next sale
- Winter Sale, Dec 17 to Jan 4
Sources: IsThereAnyDeal, Valve.
What drives the score
How to read this
Grades run S to D, read from the buyer's side. ▲ marks a lift, ▼ a drag or a dock, ? an input we do not have, • a fact this genre's score does not use. How the grades work
About the game
Build and manage your own settlement! A relaxing village construction and management simulator.
Minimum specs
Minimum on the Steam store: 2 GB of memory, 1280x720+, shader model 4.0+, 502 MB of storage. Runs on Windows, macOS, Linux.
The value story
It has been discounted 30 times in the 7 years tracked here. The median cut across all of them is 30 percent, about 8 weeks apart. Today it is at full price, and its last discount ended 11 days ago.
Against its own genre it lands in the top 3 percent on value. It is pricier than 67 percent of its genre, and better reviewed than 97 percent. Among the games closest to it, Foundation ($20.99, scores 66) and Ostriv ($24.99, scores 66) both come in lower.
More about MicroTown
This site sampled 219 of its Steam-purchase reviews; none were written by buyers who refunded it, sampled from reviews written March 2020 to July 2026.
The drop-off
12% start to 2% rarestNo achievement in this game marks the ending, so there is no finish rate. The curve runs from the most-unlocked achievement to the rarest, and its shape is where players stop. Steam global achievements
What players say
One of the best colony building games I've ever played, However it is also the deepest one Iv'e ever played, and it does not require power full hardware while doing to play.
2 more reviews
Amazing game and really deserves to be played by more people. It is very chilled out, the animation is just nice and cozy. The upgrades and buildings are worth pursuing and you get a solid sense of progression from them. The tutorial does a reasonably good job of getting you started and most of the buildings and functions are quite intuitive to understand. A minor complaint is how long it takes to develop knowledge...
A good homage to some of the classics of the genre, hits the vibe of old-school Settlers. At time of writing, it needs a little more flesh on the bone, and some fine tuning to properly shine, but this is a really solid entry from a dedicated indie dev. I'll likely come back to check on this one, but for now have enjoyed what is available.
Steam reviews, mixed to its ratio and rotated daily. Opinions are theirs.
No data upstream: critic score (Metacritic).
Cite this score
MicroTown scores 73/100 on the BANG Score (worth it) as of Oct 19, 2026. The BANG Score rates what a game is worth for the money. Via Steam BANGERS. https://steambangers.com/game/931270/microtownReviews set the ceiling, and price against real length moves the BANG Score inside it. How it works, and where it is weak → Steam reviews as of Sep 28, price as of Oct 18. A number here look wrong? Tell me and I will check the inputs.